INFLUENCE OF LIFE SAVING SKILLS (LSS) BY TRAINED NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BAUCHI STATE
INFLUENCE OF LIFE SAVING SKILLS (LSS) BY TRAINED NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BAUCHI STATE
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2009-01
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TUKUR, BABAYO MUHAMMAD
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Skilled care during pregnancy, child delivery, and immediately after the delivery is
important because it saves lives of millions of women and newborns and prevent serious and
hard to predict complications during pregnancy, delivery or immediately after delivery. Life
Saving Skills (LSS) has been in practice by nurses, since 1992, to address maternal mortality and
morbidity. However, it is not clear as to what extent the training of nurses and midwives in LSS
has contributed to the reduction of maternal mortality in Bauchi state. This study was conducted
to find out the influence of nurses and midwives trained in LSS on Maternal Mortality in Bauchi
state. To achieve the purpose of the study a questionnaire on a contribution of midwives and
nurses trained in LSS was prepared and standardized. The questionnaire contained five sectionssection
one on demography’s of the respondents and two to four on contribution of LSS trained
midwives and nurses to reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity in Bauchi state. The
questionnaire was administered on 522 randomly selected respondents, who consisted of clients
and LSS trained midwives and nurses, 470 respondents duely filled in the questionnaire. The
information thus received was statistically analysed the result which revealed the following:
The respondents perceived that:
1. The LSS trained nurse and midwives contributed to provision of quality ante natal care.
2. The LSS trained nurses and midwives contributed significantly to provision of skilled
attendance at birth which results into safe delivery and pueperium whose reduce maternal
death.
Based on the research findings the following recommendations were made:
-The state and local governments should ensure health education and public enlightment of
the communities about the contribution of LSS trained nurses and midwives to maternity
services.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTER DEGREE IN
HEALTH EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
JANUARY, 2009
Keywords
INFLUENCE,, LIFE SAVING SKILLS,, NURSES,, MIDWIVES,, MATERNAL,, MORTALITY,, BAUCHI STATE